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It's never too late to go on the
adventure of a lifetime.

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Jibe ho!

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But when your experience of sailing
on the high seas is limited...

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Oh, bloody hell.

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This is completely outside our
comfort zone.

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And your crewmate is just as
rusty...

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Things don't always go according to
plan.

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Man overboard!

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House's that way. Oh, right.

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We're not totally up to it, let's
admit that.

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We'll attempt to tame this glorious
traditional yacht.

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I just want to learn, I suppose,
can I still do it?

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I want to feel master of this
fabulous big boat.

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At least not feel too incompetent.

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Oh!

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Can we pull together as a team?

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Come on, John. Faster, faster.

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I'm going as fast as I humanly can.

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Or will old rivalries get the better
of us?

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OK, lee ho. Helm's alee, actually.
Not in my language.

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You shouting puts me off.

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As we explore Britain's magnificent
coastline.

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It's one of the best day's sailing I
think we've ever had.

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This is proper sailing.

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The second leg of our maritime
adventure starts in Portsmouth,

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the Royal Navy's oldest base

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and home to Admiral Lord Nelson's
former run-about.

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Portsmouth is also the UK's only
island city

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and it has the unique architecture
to match.

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I like this, you know.
I like this spinnaker.

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It is good, isn't it?
It's.. It's just a...

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I mean, this is a proper little bit
of theatre, isn't it?

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It's iconic.

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And how convenient.

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A reminder of one of Michael's past
glories.

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That actual boat I have sailed
across the notorious

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Tasman Sea in a gale. Really, yeah?
You're not just making it up?

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Yeah, round the world yacht race.

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Really? Yeah.
Actually, that's impressive.

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Yeah, it is impressive. All right.

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Well, do you think I could've been
part of that team? Yeah...yeah.

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No, do you not think so? Well... Oh.

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Even if Michael had been more
impressed by my sailing,

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legally, we would still have to be
chaperoned by two professional

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sailors, who on the first leg helped
us tame the Thames Estuary.

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So we are going to be zigzagging up
there, yes?

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Yeah, that's right.
Ready to go about.

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Yeah. Helm's alee!

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Lee ho!

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Buoyed by that success,

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we doubt there's very little pro
sailor Mungo can now teach us.

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Last week we didn't have a very good
week, did we?

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We did have a few shallows and banks
to navigate around. Yes. Mm-hmm.

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This week we need to sail the boat a
lot better.

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Not quite the vote of confidence we
were hoping for...

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..particularly as we're about to
sail along one of the busiest

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stretches of water in the British
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the Solent, notorious for

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its unusual tidal patterns, shallow
sand banks and unpredictable winds.

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Assuming we can avoid a watery
grave, our route will take us from

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Portsmouth, 37 nautical miles west,
to Poole.

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Passing close to the spectacular
Needles.

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We're still smarting from Mungo's
damning assessment of our seamanship

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when we set to work preparing
Bonaventure for her next voyage.

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We better get on with it. Let's go.
Yeah.

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We're determined to show him that
two salty sea dogs can in

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fact learn some new tricks.

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John, if you undo this,

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because that's holding it out at the
end of the bowsprit, I think. OK.

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That's a little tricky, isn't it?

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I don't know what it's doing,
actually.

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It's probably doing something vital

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and the mast will crash down and
knock us out.

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Take your time, John, don't,
you know, don't, don't do..

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Oh, bloody hell.

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Not easy, this stuff, is it?

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All right. Here we go.

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OK, if I feed it to you, John...
OK.

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OK, that's it.

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So Michael's just going to pull a
little bit.

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Yeah. Stop there. Yeah.

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And you can see that the lead is
wrong. So, disaster.

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Disaster indeed.

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Can't we just bring the sail down
and unhook it

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and hook it back on again? Yes.

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Is there an easier way?

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Well, there is an easier way, but
that would involve one of you

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climbing out to the end of the
bowsprit.

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No, we don't want to do that.

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I only need the end.

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Yeah, you'll get the end.

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This is the end. This is the end.

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If you pass me that side, great.

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Yeah. OK, I'll feed it out.

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This is getting a bit tricky out
here.

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Oh, what? I can't hear what you
are saying.

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Probably speaking some strange
language like that..

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All right? All right, I see you're
taking the piss, I can tell.

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No, go on, go on, hurry.

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What's the er for hurry?

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Are you all right, John?
That's the main thing.

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I'm not cos, I tell you what,
this has gone wrong.

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Oh, for Christ's sake, what?

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We're now wrapped around the...
Oh, no.

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After all that show,
we are left looking stupid.

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I don't want to pass the blame,
but couldn't you have

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spotted this at an earlier stage?
Right, but what are we going to

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do now? Honestly, I don't think I'd
like to do that.

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No, OK. I better go back. I better
go back. Really? What?

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So...

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Pull all that around.
Through there and hey, presto.

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That's what you...
John, absolutely fearless.

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Can I hold your hand or...?

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You can shake it. Oh, well done.

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Now, look, we are talking medals
now.

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That's good. I won't have to tweezer

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any splinters out of Mr Buerk's
backside.

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I wish Mungo was more impressed.

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OK, that took a little bit longer
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that took about an hour and it would
normally take about 15 minutes.

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Right.

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And it gets worse.

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Our ineptitude means we've missed
the morning tide.

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An exasperated Mungo tells us to
make ourselves scarce.

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Ignoring Mungo's suggestion that we
go swim with the fishes,

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we decide instead to seek out Alan
Priddy.

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He's a proper ocean adventurer with
a string of boating world records.

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Welcome to the home of Team
Britannia.

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This is Alan's most ambitious
challenge yet -

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a bid to break the world record for
circumnavigating the globe by

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boat, currently held by a team from
New Zealand at just 61 days.

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So how far have you got with it?
Well, come and have a look. OK.

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I quickly ascertain what we are
looking at.

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Right. Well, that's a boat,
just about.

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This was all hand-rolled.

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I mean, it looks terrific, doesn't
it? Yeah, yeah.

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Excalibur's revolutionary
wave-cutting hull design will

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give her a range of 4,000 nautical
miles.

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Here you go. I got you. There you
go.

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Don't slip down that hole.
Thank you. No.

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The crew will include several former
service men and women,

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some of whom were injured in the
line of duty.

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This is Richard. Hello, Richard.

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Richie One Leg,
as we like to call him.

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Yeah, that's your nickname, yeah?

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Yeah, well, Richie One Leg -
they call me.

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What are you doing this for?

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It's being part of a team that's

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trying to achieve an end goal,
an end resolve.

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In this case, being the quickest
round the world in this boat.

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Since my injury, losing my leg,
20-odd years ago,

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I've always felt that I've had to
push myself to try and prove

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to myself that I've got a reason for
being here. Yeah.

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I can't wait for the day when this
boat is out there on the water,

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it, it means everything to me,
definitely.

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Excalibur may be state of the art,

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but Alan also has been inspired by
the past.

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In the shed next door,

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he's tinkering away on a little
piece of maritime history.

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OK, guys, so in the shed, buried at
the back is the,

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probably the nation's most famous
boat

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that nobody knows about, Lively
Lady.

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Lively Lady is a 36-foot yacht,

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which in 1967 was sailed
single-handed round the world by a

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Portsmouth green
grocer called Alec Rose.

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OK, so this is Lively Lady.

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This is Lively Lady.

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Alec's epic voyage captured the
imagination of the British public

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and, after 354 days at sea,

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he was welcomed home to Portsmouth

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by a cheering crowd of over
200,000 - a young Alan among them.

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What was special about Alec Rose?

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Alec Rose was just a regular working
guy,

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no airs and graces whatsoever and
he just, he just typified, again,

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the British eccentricity of, "I can
do this and I'm going to do it."

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Alan would grow up to emulate his
hero's achievement,

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sailing Lively Lady around the world
himself in 2006.

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Worryingly, the hairiest moments on

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that voyage happened on his own
doorstep.

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The hardest conditions we had was
off The Needles.

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Both ends of the Isle of Wight,

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after sailing all the way around the
world, were the worst,

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worst conditions we'd ever
experienced in life.

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Both in...around the Solent...

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Exactly. ..where we are? Hmm.

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Yeah. Right, so...tricky.

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John Sergeant and I are in
Portsmouth.

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We'll shortly be setting sail along
the Solent.

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But before we cast off,

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we're squeezing in a visit to
England's most famous warship.

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Well, isn't she wonderful? She is.

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Now if you are talking about the
sea, ships, sailing...

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..this makes me very emotional.
Yeah.

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Well, if you say, why was Britain
the greatest... Exactly. ..maritime

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power in the world?
Yeah, for 300 years.

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You can just point and say, "Because
of that."

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For me, this is the greatest ship
that you can go around, and

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I've been here several times and
I've always felt, oh, how wonderful.

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It just gets you.

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But, you know...

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..all the details, all the
statistics

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about the whole thing are amazing.

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Do you know how many trees it took
to build it?

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Yeah. How many oak trees? I can't
imagine. 6,000.

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Michael's specialist subject on
Mastermind

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and, now he's started, he's
certainly going to finish.

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I've won Mastermind.

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Can we go on? Oh, just...this is
getting out of hand.

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This is the heart of it, though,
isn't it?

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I mean, really, this is a great
platform for these absolutely

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smashing in the sense of
destructive.

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Must have been incredible.

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And, you know, you have to bring
this enormous heavy thing.

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The shot drives it back here. Yeah.

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Can you imagine what it would be
like on a deck like

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this in the middle of a battle?
Yeah.

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You've heard the expression "freeze
the balls off a brass monkey"?

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I have. Do you know where it comes
from? Nope. It comes from them.

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Cannonballs, made of iron, I assume,
and the holder they sit in is called

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a monkey and it's made of brass, and
when it gets very, very cold,

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the two metals shrink at different
rates

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and the balls would roll off
the monkey,

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so hence the expression - "freeze
the balls off a brass monkey."

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You say balls and people start
laughing. They do.

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They shouldn't be laughing if they
knew.

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No, absolutely not.
It's part of our heritage.

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It's what you know - that's what I
find impressive.

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I know, I know everything.
You know a lot, no, it's good.

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No, no, not just a lot - everything.

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This is great, John, isn't it?

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The juxtaposition. Yeah. Look at
this.

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I mean, we're on Nelson's flagship
here and there's the new...

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Queen Elizabeth. ..state of the art
flagship of the British Royal Navy,

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the aircraft carrier -
Queen Elizabeth.

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If we wave, will they wave back?
No, they won't.

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Well, it's worth a try.

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00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,440
Not a sound. No, no response.

238
00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,720
They're very lofty. No, they're...
It's modern.

239
00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:16,920
Maybe they didn't realise who you
were, John.

240
00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:18,480
That's terrific. Ah.

241
00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:23,280
So this is where Nelson gets all his
officers sitting around.

242
00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:24,640
At dinner, yeah.

243
00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:28,560
And he tells them what he's going to
do at this place called Trafalgar.

244
00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:32,880
So these people here, round this
table, have decided,

245
00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:37,560
under Nelson's leadership, to take
one heck of a risk.

246
00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:39,480
Just like us in the Solent tomorrow.

247
00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,720
Well, it's sort of similar. I mean,

248
00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,920
I'm certainly going to ask you to
brace up and look to the wind.

249
00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,400
Well, let's hope we don't have a
"kiss me, John" moment.

250
00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:52,080
No, no, that won't be necessary
because I intend to survive.

251
00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,920
It's changed a bit, you know, since
I was last here.

252
00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:56,680
What were you doing here?

253
00:12:56,680 --> 00:12:58,880
I was having dinner with the Second
Sea Lord.

254
00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,400
Was that before or after you were on
Mastermind?

255
00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:03,840
It was before, actually, why?

256
00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,040
Oh, no, just building up a picture,
you know. What sort of picture?

257
00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,040
Of how well you've done, you
know, no, it's good. Oh, right.

258
00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,760
Oh, I'm pleased for you, yeah.

259
00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:17,280
I feel fired up whenever I actually
catch sight of HMS Victory or

260
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go aboard it, so fired up I am now
contemplating what might be a

261
00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,800
difficult day in the Solent tomorrow
with a bit more confidence.

262
00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:26,400
I've got all this stuff behind me.

263
00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,920
I've got all this history of the
Royal Navy,

264
00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,440
which is obviously racing through
me.

265
00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,040
Will I be able to put that into
action?

266
00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,760
So we're off to Cowes,
it's the Mecca for all yachties,

267
00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,760
certainly in Britain,
probably across the whole world,

268
00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,560
but it's slightly daunting because
all those people are expert

269
00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:52,160
yachts people, so got to get it
right or look idiots.

270
00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,320
God, they're big ropes these, aren't
they?

271
00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,440
Bigger than what I'm used to,
I can tell you.

272
00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,920
Fired up after his visit to Nelson's
flagship,

273
00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:08,160
Michael expects that every man will
do his duty.

274
00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,840
John, will you do the main sheet and
I'll do the halyard?

275
00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,440
But when he grabs what he thinks is
the halyard,

276
00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:16,920
it's clear Michael's been talking
sheet.

277
00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:18,160
Is that the right one?

278
00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:19,640
Oh, it's meant to be, yeah.

279
00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:21,640
It's this here, I think, John.

280
00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:22,880
Is it? OK.

281
00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:26,760
OK? Yeah, hang on...

282
00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:36,640
Keeps you fit, doesn't it?

283
00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,880
Now there's some suggestion this is
a hotel. Oh, really? Yeah.

284
00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,840
Well, can I put it on my list of
hotels I don't want to stay in?

285
00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,200
Forgive me, John, it might have a
cocktail bar.

286
00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,920
Yes, that looks as if,
they're all lined up with all that.

287
00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,840
And it is...it is lunchtime.

288
00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:07,760
It is lunchtime, I know.

289
00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:09,480
Well, you can't have a cocktail now.

290
00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:10,520
We don't drink.

291
00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,000
Don't be silly.

292
00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,400
Not wishing to sink even lower in
the estimations

293
00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,240
of our professional crewmates,

294
00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:23,200
John and I decide to forgo the
cocktail bar and turn

295
00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,640
our attention towards crossing the
Solent to the Isle of Wight.

296
00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:35,560
With the breeze stiffening, this is
the ideal opportunity to get

297
00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:39,480
in some much needed tacking
practice.

298
00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:41,840
And the tide's going to be pushing
us in that direction.

299
00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,640
OK, good.

300
00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:48,440
Gauging the Solent's unpredictable
tides and winds is no mean feat.

301
00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:49,720
Helm's alee!

302
00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,600
And neither is zigzagging a
50-foot-long yacht

303
00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,120
through heavy traffic.

304
00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:57,120
Lee ho!

305
00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:00,720
No, I could have pulled it through,
couldn't I? Yeah.

306
00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,800
I'm heading straight for the beach.

307
00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:16,840
We're going now, aren't we?

308
00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:18,400
We are going now, at quite a rate.

309
00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,320
HORN BLARES

310
00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:22,800
What's he doing that for?

311
00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,360
That means, "Get out of the way."

312
00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,000
Ready to go about.

313
00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,160
Ready. Ready. Ready.

314
00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:30,720
Helm's alee.

315
00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:33,640
Lee ho.

316
00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,520
In our excitement at not being
smashed to smithereens by a car

317
00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:47,560
ferry, we failed to notice we've
made a small navigational error.

318
00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:49,800
Ours is that way. Oh, right.

319
00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,160
OK, ready to go about.

320
00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:54,800
OK. Ready. Ready.

321
00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,080
Helm's alee.

322
00:16:58,480 --> 00:16:59,840
I love that bit.

323
00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:01,680
I know, but it's you shouting puts
me off.

324
00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,520
I'm trying to concentrate and you
were shouting, and I just can't.

325
00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,000
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

326
00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,400
My shouting does the trick, though,
because we approach Cowes

327
00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,400
looking almost as though we know
what we are doing.

328
00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,840
Which is just as well because we've
been invited to a swanky

329
00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:20,520
reception at the Royal London Yacht
Club this evening.

330
00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,280
We're hoping to make an impressive
entrance.

331
00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,440
What role are we playing there?

332
00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:26,800
Guests.

333
00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:28,120
Actually, guests of honour.

334
00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:30,960
And what shall we talk about?

335
00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,640
Ourselves.

336
00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,280
I think I can manage that.

337
00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,160
Is there any other subject?

338
00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,840
You've made a living out of that
for many, many years.

339
00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,320
For many years. OK, so that's
easy enough. So I'll...

340
00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:44,320
..I'll tell stories and anecdotes
of my past.

341
00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:45,560
I think you could, yes.

342
00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,280
OK, then get my early life, yeah.
OK, that's couple of hours.

343
00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,000
Yeah. Yeah.

344
00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:56,840
Hello.

345
00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:00,160
Despite our best efforts,
we arrive an hour late.

346
00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,080
We're also hideously under-dressed.

347
00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:04,560
What do you mean, where we've been?

348
00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:08,120
We've come from Portsmouth in a
nice, sensible way.

349
00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:10,120
Anyway, are we late?

350
00:18:10,120 --> 00:18:11,720
We're not really late.

351
00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,440
Despite John's repeated attempts to
make matters worse,

352
00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:15,720
all is quickly forgiven.

353
00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,080
Yeah, hello.

354
00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,200
Nice to see you. Rodney Barton.
Hello.

355
00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,000
Hello, Rodney, Michael Buerk.
Yeah, nice to see you.

356
00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,200
Yes, yes. Would you like to get off
onto shore?

357
00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,000
All right, jolly nice.
Well, thank you.

358
00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,000
Thank you very much for inviting us.

359
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,480
It's an enormous pleasure. This only
happens every 180 years.

360
00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,680
Well, we... Right, well, we're going
to miss the next one, but this is...

361
00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:42,600
So just tell us what's going to
happen.

362
00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,600
So Lord West will come ashore to an
11-gun salute.

363
00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,720
So boom, boom, boom. No, boom. Yeah.

364
00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,800
Boom. Right, OK.
They have to reload.

365
00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,320
Well, I think we ought to get
ourselves together, John. Yeah.

366
00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,880
After slipping into something less
comfortable,

367
00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:03,280
we make sail for the shindig...to
rub shoulders with the great and

368
00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:07,040
the good of the Cowes yachting
scene.

369
00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,680
It's not exactly yo-ho-ho and a
bottle of rum.

370
00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:11,840
Welcome to the Royal London.
Well, thank you.

371
00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:13,160
Have you been here before?

372
00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:14,840
But I think we'll make do.

373
00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,360
I'm John Sergeant and this is my
colleague,

374
00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:19,360
what's he called...? Anyway.

375
00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:20,960
Hello, hi, hi.

376
00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,120
So, what were the bangs?

377
00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:26,640
What was going on there?

378
00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,440
They're saluting the First Sea Lord,
who's arriving.

379
00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,160
Now I have to say, John,

380
00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,880
that this is the moment where you
don't want to screw up the mooring.

381
00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:36,320
No.

382
00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:40,120
Three cheers for the Lord West of
Spithead.

383
00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:46,800
Hip-hip... ALL: Hurray!

384
00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,280
Well, that's all...

385
00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:49,640
That was the best bit, wasn't it?

386
00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:50,880
That was... Shhhh!

387
00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:58,600
Which is Lord West?

388
00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,080
The chap with all the gold parade
on, John.

389
00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:02,480
Oh, yes, now that's...

390
00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:04,880
I wouldn't mind one of those.
Yeah, yeah.

391
00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,880
Lord West is a retired First Sea
Lord. The last man to leave HMS

392
00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,720
Ardent when she was attached during
the Falklands War.

393
00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:16,000
He was subsequently awarded
the Distinguished Service Cross.

394
00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,040
But have you noticed there's a bit
of a sailor's roam?

395
00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,400
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
There's a sort of slight movement,

396
00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,360
as if he's been on a ship for all
his life - I like that. Yeah.

397
00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,760
Oh, this is very grand,
isn't it, don't you think?

398
00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:32,120
It's what we're used to.

399
00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:35,840
Did you think they'd put this on for
you, John?

400
00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:40,080
I think so.
I mean, I'm assuming it's for us.

401
00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:44,960
We normally get a band when we
arrive. Ah. Yeah...all go.

402
00:20:54,630 --> 00:20:57,150
Ahead of our sail along the Solent
to Poole,

403
00:20:57,150 --> 00:20:59,910
John and I have spent the night on
the Isle of Wight,

404
00:20:59,910 --> 00:21:02,510
where we were made to feel very
welcome by the members of the

405
00:21:02,510 --> 00:21:04,470
Royal London Yacht Club.

406
00:21:04,470 --> 00:21:06,390
Splendid evening last night.
Did you enjoy it?

407
00:21:06,390 --> 00:21:08,590
I did, but from what I can remember
of it,

408
00:21:08,590 --> 00:21:11,470
I think it was absolutely wonderful.

409
00:21:11,470 --> 00:21:14,110
So wonderful in fact that in the
heat of the moment our

410
00:21:14,110 --> 00:21:16,750
competitive streaks got the better
of us.

411
00:21:16,750 --> 00:21:18,750
We're off on the water today,
aren't we?

412
00:21:18,750 --> 00:21:21,630
Yes, you're going racing and you'll
be racing against each other.

413
00:21:21,630 --> 00:21:25,470
You'll be in one boat, John, and,
Michael, you'll be in another boat.

414
00:21:25,470 --> 00:21:27,150
Ah-ha.

415
00:21:27,150 --> 00:21:29,350
Ah. Oh, yes.

416
00:21:29,350 --> 00:21:31,590
This looks excellent. John, we're
going to need this.

417
00:21:31,590 --> 00:21:34,710
We're not being greedy or anything
like that? No, no, no, no, no.

418
00:21:34,710 --> 00:21:36,430
No, that's fine. OK, brilliant.

419
00:21:36,430 --> 00:21:37,830
Eating for the race.

420
00:21:37,830 --> 00:21:39,590
Can I give you some tea?

421
00:21:42,990 --> 00:21:45,550
Invigorated by our full English,

422
00:21:45,550 --> 00:21:50,030
we go in search of the lucky souls
who will be sailing with us today.

423
00:21:50,030 --> 00:21:54,670
We'll be crewing XOD class dinghies,
which despite being designed

424
00:21:54,670 --> 00:21:58,350
in 1909 are still raced regularly
around the Solent.

425
00:21:58,350 --> 00:22:02,110
Excuse me, this isn't Aurora, is it?
This is Aurora, John. Oh, it is.

426
00:22:02,110 --> 00:22:04,790
Very good to meet you. Thank
you. Welcome aboard, I'm Sarah.

427
00:22:04,790 --> 00:22:07,670
I'm Peter. Hello, Peter. Hi, very
nice to meet you. Hello, I'm Andrew,

428
00:22:07,670 --> 00:22:10,310
how do you do? Nice to meet you.
Andrew, very nice to meet you, too.

429
00:22:10,310 --> 00:22:12,870
You've won the lottery here, I
have to tell you. Yeah, we have.

430
00:22:12,870 --> 00:22:15,190
No, really, honestly, you could have
had John Sergeant.

431
00:22:15,190 --> 00:22:17,750
Hello. Hello. This is Claire. How
are you? Lovely to meet you.

432
00:22:17,750 --> 00:22:19,910
Hello, Claire. And Matt.
Nice to meet you.

433
00:22:19,910 --> 00:22:21,870
So what are you expecting of me?

434
00:22:21,870 --> 00:22:24,990
We're really hoping that you enjoy
it. Good.

435
00:22:24,990 --> 00:22:27,350
That's the absolute main thing.

436
00:22:27,350 --> 00:22:29,230
Enjoy it might be a stretch,

437
00:22:29,230 --> 00:22:33,510
but this will certainly be a
challenge racing 20 other XODs

438
00:22:33,510 --> 00:22:37,790
around two marker buoys and
finishing at a committee boat.

439
00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:39,790
The winning team will receive a
trophy

440
00:22:39,790 --> 00:22:42,990
and the adulation of their peers,

441
00:22:42,990 --> 00:22:45,590
but all I really care about is
beating Michael.

442
00:22:49,070 --> 00:22:50,950
So far, so good. We are out.

443
00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:54,670
It's like a horse race, in a way,
isn't it?

444
00:22:54,670 --> 00:22:56,630
They're getting the horses in line.
Yes.

445
00:22:56,630 --> 00:22:58,030
Shall I go this way?

446
00:22:58,030 --> 00:22:59,670
There we go.

447
00:22:59,670 --> 00:23:01,270
Michael is on the tiller.

448
00:23:01,270 --> 00:23:03,470
Keep Michael on the tiller.

449
00:23:03,470 --> 00:23:04,910
MICHAEL LAUGHS

450
00:23:06,110 --> 00:23:09,110
I hope you're not wearing yourself
out, John.

451
00:23:09,110 --> 00:23:11,270
Nope, we haven't started yet.

452
00:23:11,270 --> 00:23:14,470
This is going very well, thank you.

453
00:23:14,470 --> 00:23:17,310
STARTING HORN BLARES

454
00:23:17,310 --> 00:23:18,710
Let's go for it. Yeah.

455
00:23:18,710 --> 00:23:21,630
This is it, this is actually serious
now, isn't it?

456
00:23:21,630 --> 00:23:22,870
There we go.

457
00:23:22,870 --> 00:23:24,990
Bring in on the main sheet.
Right, OK.

458
00:23:26,110 --> 00:23:28,230
And some more, keep it coming.
Yeah, OK.

459
00:23:30,990 --> 00:23:34,270
Pulling in the jib a bit. Bit more.
Bit more.

460
00:23:34,270 --> 00:23:36,230
There we go. That's good there.

461
00:23:36,230 --> 00:23:37,950
Hold it there for me. Right.

462
00:23:41,270 --> 00:23:42,670
Where is he? Oh, yeah.

463
00:23:42,670 --> 00:23:44,430
Hang on, here we go.

464
00:23:44,430 --> 00:23:46,270
That's them there, is it?

465
00:23:47,270 --> 00:23:49,750
Thanks to my exemplary rope-pulling
skills,

466
00:23:49,750 --> 00:23:53,550
our blue boat takes an early lead
over John's red boat.

467
00:23:53,550 --> 00:23:55,350
Where's Michael? He's there.
That one.

468
00:23:56,790 --> 00:23:57,910
He's ahead.

469
00:23:59,990 --> 00:24:01,950
Well, of course we are going faster
than John.

470
00:24:01,950 --> 00:24:04,110
How far are we ahead of them do
you think, Peter?

471
00:24:04,110 --> 00:24:05,950
I'd say about five metres.

472
00:24:05,950 --> 00:24:11,110
John employs the classic motivation
tactic of criticising his own crew.

473
00:24:11,110 --> 00:24:14,350
They seem to be leaning over more
than us. Yeah. Why is that?

474
00:24:14,350 --> 00:24:17,470
There's different wind pressures in
different places. Yeah.

475
00:24:18,550 --> 00:24:23,870
John's skipper, Sarah, then throws
caution and her dinghy to the wind.

476
00:24:23,870 --> 00:24:25,350
Whoops, that's close.

477
00:24:29,790 --> 00:24:30,870
That it?

478
00:24:36,470 --> 00:24:40,110
Right, they're tacking. Michael's
tacking. What are we going to do?

479
00:24:40,110 --> 00:24:42,790
Quick. Are we going to go...? Let
them go. Let them go.

480
00:24:42,790 --> 00:24:45,670
We're not tacking. We're holding our
own line. Really?

481
00:24:45,670 --> 00:24:48,910
I think we've got them at this
stage, haven't we?

482
00:24:48,910 --> 00:24:51,750
We've got them behind us.

483
00:24:51,750 --> 00:24:54,310
Right, ready? Are we clear? Tacking.

484
00:25:01,990 --> 00:25:03,750
Oh, they've all turned our way.

485
00:25:03,750 --> 00:25:05,630
They're looking nervous.

486
00:25:05,630 --> 00:25:08,630
Yacht racing is a subtle game of
chess.

487
00:25:08,630 --> 00:25:11,870
Michael's team choose to tack early.

488
00:25:11,870 --> 00:25:13,470
We are ahead.

489
00:25:13,470 --> 00:25:15,110
We opt to tack late.

490
00:25:15,110 --> 00:25:17,630
Speed it. Hurry, hurry, hurry.

491
00:25:20,350 --> 00:25:22,790
Which of course is the right move.

492
00:25:24,230 --> 00:25:25,230
Tacking.

493
00:25:26,630 --> 00:25:29,270
Realising that they're going to miss
the marker buoy,

494
00:25:29,270 --> 00:25:33,310
Michael's team has no option but to
put in another tack,

495
00:25:33,310 --> 00:25:36,350
handing the lead to our boat for the
first time.

496
00:25:36,350 --> 00:25:39,590
This is excellent, right, come on.
This is fantastic.

497
00:25:40,870 --> 00:25:42,790
Oh, my goodness.

498
00:25:42,790 --> 00:25:44,470
They're nearer the buoy.

499
00:25:45,870 --> 00:25:47,550
You take that. Right.

500
00:25:48,790 --> 00:25:51,990
Let it go. We're round.
We're round.

501
00:25:51,990 --> 00:25:55,430
With the wind now behind us...
Smooth, team.

502
00:25:55,430 --> 00:25:57,950
..we deploy our spinnaker.
We've got them.

503
00:25:57,950 --> 00:26:01,150
That's where we need them, don't we?
On the run, yes, thank you.

504
00:26:01,150 --> 00:26:03,310
Gosh, we've got to make a bit of
ground on them now,

505
00:26:03,310 --> 00:26:06,710
haven't we, Andrew?

506
00:26:06,710 --> 00:26:07,830
It's not over yet, OK.

507
00:26:10,390 --> 00:26:12,070
Poor old Michael.

508
00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:15,670
Such a decent guy, but they're
making a bit of a mess of it.

509
00:26:15,670 --> 00:26:17,870
You notice how well I'm fitting in
as a team player -

510
00:26:17,870 --> 00:26:20,390
doing absolutely nothing? Yeah.

511
00:26:23,830 --> 00:26:26,270
What are the chances of making it
up?

512
00:26:27,630 --> 00:26:30,230
Right, I'm coming in the boat, then
I'll get a visual on the mark.

513
00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:32,870
Right, I've got it.

514
00:26:34,670 --> 00:26:37,110
So where are...? You ready?

515
00:26:37,110 --> 00:26:39,150
We're 30 seconds from finishing.

516
00:26:39,150 --> 00:26:40,390
Well...

517
00:26:41,830 --> 00:26:42,950
..pulley for them.

518
00:26:44,230 --> 00:26:48,430
Right now. Hurray! That's terrific.

519
00:26:49,710 --> 00:26:51,070
Andrew, I hate to say this,

520
00:26:51,070 --> 00:26:53,550
but I don't think I'm going to hear
the end of this.

521
00:26:53,550 --> 00:26:55,750
I mean, I'll blame you, obviously,

522
00:26:55,750 --> 00:26:57,910
but he's going to be completely
insufferable.

523
00:26:57,910 --> 00:26:59,750
Well done, everybody. Really good.

524
00:26:59,750 --> 00:27:01,150
Great having you on board.

525
00:27:01,150 --> 00:27:03,310
Well, now, I'm the lucky token, you
see.

526
00:27:03,310 --> 00:27:04,790
Without me, you'd have been last.

527
00:27:08,510 --> 00:27:12,310
We finish a highly creditable sixth
overall,

528
00:27:12,310 --> 00:27:15,030
but it's not about winning,
it's about gloating.

529
00:27:15,030 --> 00:27:17,310
I've certainly enjoyed it
enormously,

530
00:27:17,310 --> 00:27:20,630
particularly, I've got
to say this, beating Michael now.

531
00:27:20,630 --> 00:27:22,990
When he arrives,

532
00:27:22,990 --> 00:27:25,630
I think I've got to be careful of
being too smug, don't you think?

533
00:27:25,630 --> 00:27:28,830
We shouldn't do smug. Shall we try
and be friendly to them?

534
00:27:28,830 --> 00:27:32,110
As much as we look down upon them
now. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

535
00:27:32,110 --> 00:27:34,830
Right, come on. Where's the loser?
Right.

536
00:27:34,830 --> 00:27:37,190
OK, well done, you guys.

537
00:27:37,190 --> 00:27:39,390
Now you realise it was just the
fluke of the wind?

538
00:27:39,390 --> 00:27:43,630
No, no. Honestly. We had you well
beaten. No, it was terrific.

539
00:27:43,630 --> 00:27:45,990
Yes, all right, John, stop crowing,
please, please.

540
00:27:45,990 --> 00:27:47,550
No. And stop being gracious.

541
00:27:47,550 --> 00:27:50,190
I want you to know how much I really
am so grateful

542
00:27:50,190 --> 00:27:53,110
for all that you did coming second.
I can't believe it.

543
00:27:54,350 --> 00:27:57,550
I told you he was going to be...
You warned us, didn't you?

544
00:27:57,550 --> 00:28:01,150
No, that was magnificent.
Shall we drink to all of us?

545
00:28:01,150 --> 00:28:04,550
ALL: Cheers. Here's to us, yeah.

546
00:28:04,550 --> 00:28:06,670
Terrific, terrific. Great racing.

547
00:28:17,990 --> 00:28:21,190
The next morning, we're supposed to
be leaving for Lymington,

548
00:28:21,190 --> 00:28:23,070
but not for the first time,

549
00:28:23,070 --> 00:28:25,750
Bonaventure's engine is on the
blink.

550
00:28:25,750 --> 00:28:29,150
Despite the fact we've fixed the...
Yeah.

551
00:28:29,150 --> 00:28:34,710
..we now think it's possibly the raw
water cooling pump.

552
00:28:34,710 --> 00:28:37,390
The shorthand for that is we're
stuffed.

553
00:28:38,790 --> 00:28:42,830
Sailing without an engine is
possible, but in the Solent,

554
00:28:42,830 --> 00:28:45,430
with its unpredictable conditions

555
00:28:45,430 --> 00:28:48,390
and busy shipping lanes,
it's a big risk.

556
00:28:48,390 --> 00:28:51,870
I mean, it's really frustrating cos
we're all ready to go sailing.

557
00:28:51,870 --> 00:28:54,550
You kind of get yourself keyed up
for it and think this is going to be

558
00:28:54,550 --> 00:28:56,790
really great, and it's a bit of a
let down.

559
00:29:05,670 --> 00:29:09,190
Then it hits us.
Our hero, Lord Nelson,

560
00:29:09,190 --> 00:29:12,870
didn't have an engine on HMS Victory
at Trafalgar.

561
00:29:12,870 --> 00:29:14,470
We'll take our chances.

562
00:29:17,390 --> 00:29:19,710
After catching a tow off the dock,

563
00:29:19,710 --> 00:29:23,950
we set sail for Lymington with no
engine and no margin for error.

564
00:29:24,910 --> 00:29:27,750
No... No, I like this.

565
00:29:27,750 --> 00:29:30,150
This is more British Isles sailing.

566
00:29:32,630 --> 00:29:35,190
I don't know if you've noticed,
but there's a rather big ship.

567
00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:38,430
No, I know.
We're going to avoid that.

568
00:29:38,430 --> 00:29:41,270
Having succeeded in not crashing
into the big ship,

569
00:29:41,270 --> 00:29:42,870
and with plenty of wind,

570
00:29:42,870 --> 00:29:45,670
we make rapid progress across the
Solent.

571
00:29:45,670 --> 00:29:48,390
Who needs an engine anyway?

572
00:29:48,390 --> 00:29:51,230
It's a lovely boat for sailing.
Yeah, I think it is.

573
00:29:51,230 --> 00:29:54,470
Good news, guys. It's only six more
miles. Oh, really?

574
00:29:54,470 --> 00:29:56,630
And we're doing eight and a half
knots.

575
00:29:56,630 --> 00:29:58,710
Oh, that's good. That's great. Yeah.

576
00:29:58,710 --> 00:30:01,790
I think it's down to you, John.
Please.

577
00:30:07,870 --> 00:30:12,550
So it's there we've got to go? Yeah.
All right. We need to tack, OK.

578
00:30:12,550 --> 00:30:15,550
Ready to go about? Oh, you haven't
got your gloves on, John.

579
00:30:15,550 --> 00:30:17,710
So I'm not ready. No, take your
time, John.

580
00:30:17,710 --> 00:30:19,310
Don't, don't...no, don't rush.

581
00:30:19,310 --> 00:30:21,270
Ready to go about?

582
00:30:21,270 --> 00:30:22,710
Ready. Ready. Ready.

583
00:30:22,710 --> 00:30:24,390
Helm's alee.

584
00:30:25,710 --> 00:30:27,150
Righty ho.

585
00:30:27,150 --> 00:30:28,870
Lee ho.

586
00:30:36,310 --> 00:30:40,310
I think your racing experience has
whipped you chaps into shape.

587
00:30:40,310 --> 00:30:41,950
Quite something, I must say.

588
00:30:48,750 --> 00:30:52,390
Honestly, how do you feel this
compared with those lovely little

589
00:30:52,390 --> 00:30:54,790
yachts that we were sailing in
yesterday?

590
00:30:54,790 --> 00:30:57,550
Well, it's all the same principle,
isn't it? Yeah.

591
00:30:57,550 --> 00:31:01,390
I mean, you've got the tiller,
you've got the sails and all that.

592
00:31:01,390 --> 00:31:04,110
I mean, I enjoyed it cos it was kind
of nimble and you were sort of

593
00:31:04,110 --> 00:31:06,390
skittering around the Solent,

594
00:31:06,390 --> 00:31:08,910
but this is, to me, a
bit more enjoyable.

595
00:31:08,910 --> 00:31:11,470
There's something...
She's a gracious old lady,

596
00:31:11,470 --> 00:31:14,310
picking up her skirts and cantering
down the Solent. Yeah.

597
00:31:14,310 --> 00:31:16,910
I feel, I feel, you know, it's a
different sort of thing.

598
00:31:16,910 --> 00:31:18,350
Now look at this idiot.

599
00:31:18,350 --> 00:31:19,870
I mean, look at him.

600
00:31:23,630 --> 00:31:26,390
Oh, look at the wash coming in.
Look at this now, the wash.

601
00:31:26,390 --> 00:31:30,310
Yeah, absolutely. Right, which we
have to suffer from. Yeah.

602
00:31:30,310 --> 00:31:34,270
Having already had our tranquillity
interrupted by a boy racer,

603
00:31:34,270 --> 00:31:38,710
our crewmates suddenly decide to
throw another spanner in the works.

604
00:31:38,710 --> 00:31:40,870
Man over board!

605
00:31:40,870 --> 00:31:43,230
Man over board! Man over board!

606
00:31:43,230 --> 00:31:47,990
What they've actually thrown
overboard is a perfectly good float

607
00:31:47,990 --> 00:31:50,670
and yet we're the ones who are
expected to drop

608
00:31:50,670 --> 00:31:52,310
everything and go and pick it up.

609
00:31:53,790 --> 00:31:57,470
OK, where is it? It's over there.
There it is.

610
00:31:57,470 --> 00:31:58,590
Stand by, John.

611
00:31:59,670 --> 00:32:02,150
It'll come as no surprise for you to
learn that

612
00:32:02,150 --> 00:32:05,830
John fails to rescue the float.

613
00:32:05,830 --> 00:32:10,150
Mercifully, Stella is able to hook
it out before it perishes.

614
00:32:10,150 --> 00:32:12,310
Well done.

615
00:32:12,310 --> 00:32:13,630
Good job, guys.

616
00:32:15,230 --> 00:32:18,230
We don't consider ourselves heroes.

617
00:32:18,230 --> 00:32:21,790
Anyone would've done the same in our
position,

618
00:32:21,790 --> 00:32:25,270
but we are very pleased to arrive in
Lymington.

619
00:32:25,270 --> 00:32:27,310
I'm ready to throw you the rope.

620
00:32:27,310 --> 00:32:28,550
Ready?

621
00:32:30,750 --> 00:32:33,390
And after such a traumatic
experience,

622
00:32:33,390 --> 00:32:35,590
surely we've earned a small
refreshment?

623
00:32:35,590 --> 00:32:38,110
Do you know what time it is?
What time?

624
00:32:38,110 --> 00:32:40,790
Oh, 20 past six, yeah. No, no, no.

625
00:32:40,790 --> 00:32:42,390
You don't think it's...?

626
00:32:42,390 --> 00:32:44,150
Oh, time for a drink? Yeah.

627
00:32:46,350 --> 00:32:50,670
There are plenty of pubs around
Lymington...

628
00:32:50,670 --> 00:32:54,750
..but, for some reason, Michael
insists on this one.

629
00:32:54,750 --> 00:32:58,150
Hello. Hi, hi, hi.
Oh, sorry. Oh, right.

630
00:32:58,150 --> 00:33:01,990
Oh, not a pub quiz. Are you going to
do the writing?

631
00:33:01,990 --> 00:33:03,710
I don't like quizzes.

632
00:33:05,950 --> 00:33:10,150
Mastermind veteran Michael, on the
other hand, loves quizzes.

633
00:33:11,670 --> 00:33:14,470
What is our team name?
The Dynamic Duo?

634
00:33:14,470 --> 00:33:16,710
Dynamic Duo.

635
00:33:16,710 --> 00:33:19,110
Batman and Robin. It's a bit Batman
and Robin, isn't it?

636
00:33:19,110 --> 00:33:20,350
OK, what about...?

637
00:33:20,350 --> 00:33:22,190
I thought of Two Men In A Boat.

638
00:33:22,190 --> 00:33:24,430
What about Two Men? Cut it down,
right?

639
00:33:24,430 --> 00:33:26,790
OK, Two Men. And underline it.

640
00:33:26,790 --> 00:33:29,470
Two Men. OK, Two Men.
OK, we've got that.

641
00:33:29,470 --> 00:33:30,830
That's simple.

642
00:33:30,830 --> 00:33:33,310
OK, what famous explorer is

643
00:33:33,310 --> 00:33:36,590
associated with the ship
The Beagle?

644
00:33:36,590 --> 00:33:37,990
What about Charles Darwin?

645
00:33:37,990 --> 00:33:40,710
Well, it was Darwin,
but he wasn't an explorer.

646
00:33:40,710 --> 00:33:44,030
And do you know what his...do you
know what his captain's name was?

647
00:33:44,030 --> 00:33:46,030
No, what do you to say?

648
00:33:46,030 --> 00:33:48,350
Fitzroy, Captain Fitzroy.
Do you mind?

649
00:33:48,350 --> 00:33:50,230
You don't need to add bits of
showoffery.

650
00:33:50,230 --> 00:33:52,510
No, no, no, no.
We're meant to be a team here.

651
00:33:52,510 --> 00:33:55,230
But I know you were very, very
classically educated, so you'll know

652
00:33:55,230 --> 00:33:58,070
these things. No, but, I know, but
what I try and do, I try to hide it,

653
00:33:58,070 --> 00:34:00,070
Michael, that's the difference.
Yeah, I know.

654
00:34:00,070 --> 00:34:01,470
Right, I'll scrub out Darwin.

655
00:34:01,470 --> 00:34:04,030
No, no, no, put Darwin.
That's the answer they want.

656
00:34:04,030 --> 00:34:06,350
The trouble is, they won't be able
to read my writing.

657
00:34:06,350 --> 00:34:08,990
Which quiz show often featured the
line,

658
00:34:08,990 --> 00:34:11,190
"I've started, so I'll finish"?

659
00:34:11,190 --> 00:34:12,790
OK, Mastermind. Shhhh!

660
00:34:13,870 --> 00:34:16,030
What? But you don't know about
Mastermind, do you?

661
00:34:16,030 --> 00:34:18,350
I won it, actually. Oh, yeah.

662
00:34:18,350 --> 00:34:22,790
After a promising start, the subject
turns to popular culture.

663
00:34:22,790 --> 00:34:27,390
Which TV Sitcom opens with the song
I'll Be There For You

664
00:34:27,390 --> 00:34:29,550
by the Rembrandts?

665
00:34:29,550 --> 00:34:31,110
I'll Be There For You?

666
00:34:34,430 --> 00:34:37,070
Have you ever watched a sitcom?
Certainly not.

667
00:34:37,070 --> 00:34:39,470
Do you like the idea that, when it
comes to TV and film,

668
00:34:39,470 --> 00:34:41,510
we haven't a clue?
No, we haven't got a clue.

669
00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:43,910
This is our whole life's work.
This is our whole life's work.

670
00:34:43,910 --> 00:34:46,390
And how are we doing? Not a clue.

671
00:34:46,390 --> 00:34:49,110
And which Rihanna song includes the
lyric,

672
00:34:49,110 --> 00:34:52,510
"when the sun shines, we'll shine
together"?

673
00:34:52,510 --> 00:34:54,670
Who the hell is Rihanna?

674
00:34:54,670 --> 00:34:56,390
I don't know.

675
00:34:56,390 --> 00:34:59,750
We're stuffed here. Yes.

676
00:34:59,750 --> 00:35:01,950
OK, guys. When you're happy with
your answers,

677
00:35:01,950 --> 00:35:05,590
if you swap with a team nearby,
we'll see who's won.

678
00:35:05,590 --> 00:35:07,870
OK, results are in.

679
00:35:07,870 --> 00:35:12,470
In fourth place, with a massive 11,
is Two Men. Well done.

680
00:35:16,430 --> 00:35:17,910
Do you think we...?

681
00:35:19,030 --> 00:35:20,510
I think so. Thanks very much.

682
00:35:20,510 --> 00:35:22,030
Yeah. Thank you very much.

683
00:35:22,030 --> 00:35:23,470
Bye. Goodbye.

684
00:35:23,470 --> 00:35:25,190
OK, quick, quick, out, out.

685
00:35:31,380 --> 00:35:34,340
We're exploring the ancient sea port
of Lymington

686
00:35:34,340 --> 00:35:37,620
ahead of our final sail along the
Solent later today.

687
00:35:39,420 --> 00:35:42,420
Contemporary elegance. It's suits
you, you know? Do you think so?

688
00:35:42,420 --> 00:35:44,380
Yes, I think. That's awfully sweet
of you.

689
00:35:44,380 --> 00:35:46,100
I see you in the more traditional
way.

690
00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:47,780
Well, I'm not contemporary elegant.

691
00:35:47,780 --> 00:35:50,900
Yesterday, we impressed our
professional crewmates by

692
00:35:50,900 --> 00:35:54,900
sailing here from Cowes without an
engine, so today they've entrusted

693
00:35:54,900 --> 00:35:58,820
us with the challenge of plotting
the perfect course to Poole.

694
00:35:58,820 --> 00:36:00,260
This looks a good place.

695
00:36:00,260 --> 00:36:05,500
We could go and do all this in here.
Sort it all out, OK.

696
00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:08,740
Let's see how far we've got to go.
OK.

697
00:36:08,740 --> 00:36:12,380
Not only have we got to get from
Lymington to Poole,

698
00:36:12,380 --> 00:36:14,860
but we want to take in the Needles.

699
00:36:14,860 --> 00:36:17,380
OK, well come on, what are we doing?
Where are we?

700
00:36:17,380 --> 00:36:20,140
Wait, give me,
give me a moment.

701
00:36:20,140 --> 00:36:23,500
Clearly, it requires a lot less
skill to read the news than

702
00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:26,420
it does to read a chart.

703
00:36:26,420 --> 00:36:28,580
We're coming out at Lymington. Yeah.

704
00:36:28,580 --> 00:36:30,060
So then we're into the deep water.

705
00:36:30,060 --> 00:36:32,020
You've got to be careful about all
of this.

706
00:36:32,020 --> 00:36:34,460
So then we come through here. Yeah,
last we see of that.

707
00:36:34,460 --> 00:36:36,020
We see the Needles. Yeah.

708
00:36:36,020 --> 00:36:38,500
And we can get quite close.

709
00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:41,460
With sailing, it's not about the
destination -

710
00:36:41,460 --> 00:36:43,100
it's about the journey.

711
00:36:43,100 --> 00:36:45,380
We're taking the scenic route to
Poole,

712
00:36:45,380 --> 00:36:49,140
via one of Britain's most famous
natural landmarks.

713
00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:53,900
During a storm in 1764,
one of the needles collapsed.

714
00:36:53,900 --> 00:36:56,060
We'll try not to knock another one
over

715
00:36:56,060 --> 00:36:58,660
when we sail past this afternoon.

716
00:36:58,660 --> 00:37:01,780
It's a good thing we've got a
massive book full of

717
00:37:01,780 --> 00:37:05,340
incomprehensible diagrams to help
us.

718
00:37:05,340 --> 00:37:07,540
This is where it all gets
complicated.

719
00:37:07,540 --> 00:37:10,740
So, we've got to get to Poole before
8:30

720
00:37:10,740 --> 00:37:12,540
cos that's when the tide turns.

721
00:37:14,620 --> 00:37:15,980
Perfect day.

722
00:37:15,980 --> 00:37:19,220
Quite a stiff breeze, but in
exactly the right place.

723
00:37:19,220 --> 00:37:20,740
We should go whoosh,

724
00:37:20,740 --> 00:37:23,820
straight past the Needles,
straight to Poole.

725
00:37:24,860 --> 00:37:27,180
The sun is shining.

726
00:37:27,180 --> 00:37:29,100
We're on our way to the Needles.

727
00:37:29,100 --> 00:37:31,220
This is going to be a very good
sail.

728
00:37:35,540 --> 00:37:37,540
We've got a bit of a plan. Oh, yeah?

729
00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:43,500
Following some late night repairs,

730
00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:47,300
Bonaventure's temperamental engine
is working again.

731
00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:50,300
It's comforting to have the added
security,

732
00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:52,620
but, once we are safely clear of
Lymington,

733
00:37:52,620 --> 00:37:54,740
we set to work raising the main
sail.

734
00:37:58,260 --> 00:38:00,620
And furling out the two headsails,

735
00:38:00,620 --> 00:38:03,420
determined not to mess it up this
time.

736
00:38:03,420 --> 00:38:06,700
Can you handle the furling line,
John? I will.

737
00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:09,180
I'll try and get this right...

738
00:38:09,180 --> 00:38:11,780
..having got it wrong several times
before.

739
00:38:11,780 --> 00:38:14,020
I think it's the moment to try and
get it right.

740
00:38:14,020 --> 00:38:16,460
OK, are we ready to start this?
Yeah.

741
00:38:23,660 --> 00:38:25,220
That's it.

742
00:38:25,220 --> 00:38:28,460
OK, now, it's on the other side.
Yeah.

743
00:38:29,780 --> 00:38:30,780
Well done.

744
00:38:32,060 --> 00:38:36,020
Right. What's happening? Are you
going to pull it? I am.

745
00:38:36,020 --> 00:38:38,300
And I'll just let this out?

746
00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:40,660
OK? OK. Ready to do that, yeah.

747
00:38:44,860 --> 00:38:46,060
Right.

748
00:38:47,140 --> 00:38:48,860
OK.

749
00:38:48,860 --> 00:38:50,100
Ah, that's good.

750
00:39:05,060 --> 00:39:07,060
Fabulous day, isn't it?
Wonderful day.

751
00:39:07,060 --> 00:39:09,100
I mean, isn't it just absolute
terrific?

752
00:39:09,100 --> 00:39:11,860
You have to pinch yourself
sometimes, don't you? Yeah.

753
00:39:11,860 --> 00:39:13,580
To give us the best views,

754
00:39:13,580 --> 00:39:17,100
our plan is to hug the shoreline
of the Isle of Wight.

755
00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:20,020
We're about to find out if John was
reading all those charts and

756
00:39:20,020 --> 00:39:24,420
books of tide tables correctly,
or not.

757
00:39:24,420 --> 00:39:27,460
We want to get us as close to the
Needles as possible. OK.

758
00:39:29,660 --> 00:39:31,420
OK, ready to jibe.

759
00:39:31,420 --> 00:39:32,940
Ready.

760
00:39:32,940 --> 00:39:34,900
Right.

761
00:39:41,340 --> 00:39:43,740
Gosh, it's heavy, though, isn't it?
Oh, yeah.

762
00:39:43,740 --> 00:39:45,380
It's a heavy tiller.

763
00:39:46,820 --> 00:39:49,260
Do you mind if I take over?
Not at all, no.

764
00:39:55,340 --> 00:39:58,420
This is really exciting.
I know, it's lovely.

765
00:39:58,420 --> 00:40:03,180
With the cliffs looming ahead, it's
time for us to make our final turn.

766
00:40:03,180 --> 00:40:05,460
Ready to jibe? Ready to jibe.

767
00:40:07,220 --> 00:40:09,780
Jibe? OK.

768
00:40:15,380 --> 00:40:17,340
Keep your head down. Yeah, it's
fine.

769
00:40:18,380 --> 00:40:20,380
Jibe ho.

770
00:40:31,860 --> 00:40:34,740
Well, that is looking good, isn't
it?

771
00:40:34,740 --> 00:40:35,980
Yeah, looking very good.

772
00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:39,460
Our course has worked out perfectly.

773
00:40:39,460 --> 00:40:41,900
Well, it was never in any doubt,
really.

774
00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:43,860
And as a way of saying thank you,

775
00:40:43,860 --> 00:40:48,180
our grateful crewmates offer us a
small token of appreciation.

776
00:40:48,180 --> 00:40:52,140
I don't think we need a corkscrew,
do we? No. No.

777
00:40:52,140 --> 00:40:53,820
Well... That would be terrible,

778
00:40:53,820 --> 00:40:56,020
if we were on a boat without a
corkscrew.

779
00:40:56,020 --> 00:40:58,460
We have never had a need for a
corkscrew on this boat.

780
00:40:58,460 --> 00:41:00,940
Did you hear that? What? The need
for a corkscrew?

781
00:41:00,940 --> 00:41:03,220
"We have never had a need for a
corkscrew on this boat."

782
00:41:03,220 --> 00:41:06,580
Didn't that put a chill down the
back of your spine?

783
00:41:09,420 --> 00:41:11,860
This is one of the great bits of
British geography,

784
00:41:11,860 --> 00:41:13,300
isn't it, the Needles? It is.

785
00:41:18,620 --> 00:41:19,820
The famous...

786
00:41:19,820 --> 00:41:22,180
When you think of all the fleets
that have gone through here

787
00:41:22,180 --> 00:41:24,380
and off into history and so on.

788
00:41:24,380 --> 00:41:28,420
And also, when we were kids, the
chances are, when you got to

789
00:41:28,420 --> 00:41:31,460
the geography section, there would
be a great big picture there.

790
00:41:31,460 --> 00:41:33,420
Yeah. Of the Needles, yeah.

791
00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:43,420
I mean, all credit to John.

792
00:41:43,420 --> 00:41:45,820
Today has been a perfect day.

793
00:41:49,300 --> 00:41:53,580
We did. The plans worked out and, on
this kind of sail, the more you

794
00:41:53,580 --> 00:41:58,660
put in, the more you get out and the
more you feel just satisfaction.

795
00:41:58,660 --> 00:41:59,940
This is perfect.

796
00:41:59,940 --> 00:42:01,540
I mean, this is what it's about.

797
00:42:03,100 --> 00:42:07,060
To the Needles. To the Needles. To
our brave crew. Yeah.

798
00:42:07,060 --> 00:42:08,420
To us, really. To us.

799
00:42:11,260 --> 00:42:14,980
Next time, we're in Cornwall,
singing...

800
00:42:14,980 --> 00:42:16,420
..racing.

801
00:42:16,420 --> 00:42:18,340
It's impressive.

802
00:42:18,340 --> 00:42:22,180
And I might get to fulfil a
childhood dream.

803
00:42:22,180 --> 00:42:24,100
Do you want any help with this?

804
00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:26,020
You can have a go in a moment.

805
00:42:29,220 --> 00:42:32,220
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